How do you find a missing angle in a geometric shape?

Question

So... A quadrilateral has 360°. If you have a square with all sides equal, how would you solve that problem based on given information?

A) 360/4

B) 360 × 4

C) 360- 4

D) 360 + 4

Let me know what you think and I'll tell you why

Answer 1

Hi. A quadrilateral and square both have 360 degrees. For a square, which has 4 right angles, all angles are 90 degrees. Even if you didn’t know a right angle was 90 degrees, you would take the total, 360 degrees, and divide it by the 4 equal angles, giving you 90 degrees. So your answer is “A”.

A quadrilateral can have many combinations of 4 angles that total 360 degrees. To find a missing angle in this case, you need more information about the other angles.

Answer 2

In a square all four angles are equal. Therefore

360° / 4 = 90°